[Sca-cooks] medicinal recipies

[Susan Fox]

Slumber Party!  But we'd be more likely to stay up giggling over copies 
of Al-Baghdadi than Cosmo.  Charles Perry has delightfully snarky things 
to say about his predecessors and rivals in that area.  Bwahaha.

As for the toxicity of camphor and ambrette seed:  I tend to cheat on 
things like this and dot a bit of the scented oil under the rim of the 
plate.  You get the scent in the nose without ingesting iffy substances 
through the mouth that way.

Selene

Elaine Koogler wrote:
> I'm not sure I'm going to try any of these recipes, but thought I'd ask.  If
> I decide to, I'll let you know what I find.
>
> By the bye...are you going to Huette's wedding?  I finally decided that I
> am.  I'm flying out on Friday and staying with Selene...helping with stuff
> for the wedding.  I'd love to see you again!!
>
> Kiri
>
> On 11/15/06, Lilinah <lilinah at earthlink.net> wrote:
>   
>> Kiri wrote:
>>     
>>>  On another note, can anyone tell me, should I decide to try one of the
>>>       
>> many
>>     
>>>  recipes that call for these two ingredients (camphor and musk) where I
>>>       
>> could
>>     
>>>  find food-grade supplies of either (or both).  Or does anyone know of a
>>>  substitute that would give a similar flavor?
>>>       
>> Musk is edible, but extraordinarily expensive. I've tried to find a
>> substitute. I was planning to use those "musk flavored life savers"
>> they have in Australia, but never got around to ordering them.
>> There's a plant substitute used in perfumery called ambrette seed,
>> musk ambrette, or Abelmoschus moschatus. I have no idea if this is
>> safe to eat.
>>
>> Camphor would be Cinnamomum camphora. When i mentioned this to a
>> chemist friend, he was rather disturbed and said that it should not
>> be eaten and that it causes liver damage.